Need help with prayer ritual to peter please!

[jeeprnovru]

i read to light a red candle and a whit candle and place two crossed keys before them and make you needs know to the saint. can anyone elaborate on the rith way to do this and any specifics of how to pray for this?[BIBLEDRB][/BIBLEDRB]

 

[LilyM]

Prayer, other than the Mass, is not a ‘ritual’. It is simply communication with God or with a saint, as one would communicate with a parent or a trusted friend.

If you want to pray to St Peter, pray to him - simply use your own words, or a written prayer if you prefer, but it is most important to mean what you say. Please don’t fall into the trap of thinking there is any one ‘right’ way to do it, or that things like candles or crossed keys are required.

That smacks of superstition, as if prayer were a magical incantation or spell or something.

 

[puzzleannie]

i read to light a red candle and a whit candle and place two crossed keys before them and make you needs know to the saint. can anyone elaborate on the rith way to do this and any specifics of how to pray for this?

forget the candle and the keys and simply talk to St Peter who was a pretty ordinary down home kind of guy and just tell him your needs and ask him to help you get close to Jesus, as he was.

 

[Ignatius]

i read to light a red candle and a whit candle and place two crossed keys before them and make you needs know to the saint. can anyone elaborate on the rith way to do this and any specifics of how to pray for this?

This sounds like a superstitious practice. This type of thing is condemned by The Church. There is no magic formula.

If you want the intercessory prayer of any member of The Church Triumphant, just ask them to pray with you to God for what you want.